Office of Fair Trading

CONSUMER CREDIT ACT 1974

GENERAL NOTICE NO. 1092, GROUP LICENCE

I, Caroline Banks, Director of Consumer Affairs Division in the office of the Director General of Fair Trading (“the Director”) and a member of the Director’s staff, being authorised by the Director in writing pursuant to paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Fair Trading Act 1973, hereby give notice pursuant to section 29(6) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, that the group licence issued to the Law Society of England and Wales, 113 Chancery Lane, London W.C.2.A, which expires on 2nd August 2000, has been renewed by the Director General’s own motion and is valid until 2nd August 2001. The licence is in respect of: (a) all Solicitors who for the time being, hold a practising certificate which is in force issued by the Law Society of England and Wales under section 10 of the Solicitors Act 1974; (b) all registered foreign lawyers (as defined in section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); (c) all recognised bodies (as defined in section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985); (d) all European lawyers registered with the Law Society under article 17 of the European Communities (Lawyer’s Practice) Regulations 2000, and (e) any other person who is the partner of a registered European lawyer as permitted by rules made under section 31 of the Solicitors Act 1974, who is a lawyer of a state, other than the UK, covered by Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament to carry on the business of: (A)     Consumer Credit; (C)     Credit Brokerage; (D)     Debt-adjusting and Debt-counselling; (E)     Debt-collecting. (i) in the case of (a) above, limited to activities arising in the course of practice as a Solicitor, or (ii) in the case of (b) above, limited to activities arising in the course of providing professional services as a partner in a multi-national partnership (as defined in section 89 of the Courts and Act 1990), or (iii) in the case of (c) above, limited to activities arising in the course of providing professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as Solicitors or lawyers of other jurisdictions, or (iv) in the case of (d) above, limited to activities arising in the course of practice as a registered European lawyer, or (v) in the case of (e) above limited to activities arising in the course of practice of the lawyer’s partner as a registered European lawyer. C. Banks, Director—Consumer Affairs Division Office of Fair Trading Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8JX 2nd August 2000.